Open AccessAcritarchs from the Lower Cambrian Buen Formation in North Greenland
Author(s) -
Gonzalo Vidal,
J.S Peel
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2936
pISSN - 0105-3507
DOI - 10.34194/bullggu.v164.6720
Subject(s) - acritarch , siliciclastic , geology , paleontology , phytoplankton , sedimentary depositional environment , ecology , biology , structural basin , nutrient
Acritarchs (organic-walled phytoplankton) are described from the siliciclastic rocks of the Buen Formation. A total of 52 form taxa are reported from a small number of extremely fossiliferous samples from th deeper shelf portion of the formation.